The 1800 Census of New Hanover County, North Carolina, is an excellent resource to locate the surnames of enslavers, male and female. The largest enslavers in New Hanover County in 1800 include Nicholas Nixon, John Burgwyn, George Merrick, Samuel Ashe, Alexander Moore, Matthew Davis, Richard Quince, Henry Watters, Anthony Toomer, and James Foy, Jr.
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1800 New Hanover County Census_Households_No. of Enslaved